Bowery to Broadway : the American Irish in classic Hollywood cinema / Christopher Shannon.
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- 9781589662001 (cloth)
- 1589662008 (cloth)
- 9781589662001:
- 791.436
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Lending | Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending | 791.436 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 65448 |
CW027
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the sidewalks of New York -- Hell's Kitchen -- City for conquest -- The Bowery Cinderella -- The bells of Saint Mary's -- The lights of old Broadway -- Conclusion : the suburbs of America.
Here, Shannon guides readers through a number of classic films from the 1930s and a T40s and investigates why films featuring Irish American characters were so popular among American audiences during a period when the Irish were still stereotyped and scorned for their religion.